Indian Branch Railway
1862 The Indian Branch Railway Company was formed to build short branch and feeder lines. It received no guarantee but was offered a 20-year subsidy.
In the 1850s, it secured a guaranteed return.
1863 it built the 4 ft (1,219 mm) narrow gauge railway line between Azimganj and Nalhati.
1867 it opened the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) gauge Kanpur-Lucknow branch line.
1872 The Azimganj-Nalhati line was taken over by the Government as the Nalhati State Railway.
Around 1872, the Indian Branch Railway was transformed into Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway.